Stove-cover lifter



(No Model.) f

N. L. POST.

, l Astrom". covBR LIPTER. l No. 272,472. Patented Peb. 20, 1883.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN L. Postr, oF CLEVELAND, oHIo.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,472, dated February 20, 18,83.

' I Application tiled Decehber 12, 1882. (No model.)

" To all 'whom it may conce-rn Be it known that I, NATHAN L. POST, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Cover Lifters; and l do hereby declare the following to be a' full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

' My invention relates to' improvements in 'stove-cover lifters; and it consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described,.and pointed-out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is a top view. Figs. 3 and et are front end views of the coil. Fig. 5 is a back end view of4 the coil.

My device is made from a single piece of wire, one portion of which is formed into a loop, as at B, suitable to engage a stove-cover, and it can easily be bent in shapel to fit any ordi- From vthe loop the two parts of the wire come in contact with each other, forming a shank, as at b, and in this manner extend back to the end of the lifter, at a, where one portion of the wire ends. The longer portion is coiled spirally around the said shank back to the point a', and forms the handle A. The first turn of the coil ata (see Fig. 5) is made close around the shank to hold the parts rm. After this the size of the coil is increased to a suitable size for grasping in the hand. The'end of the coil at a.' may be closed close around the shank, as in Fig. 3, to hold the shank in a central position in the coil. I prefer to leave the end of the coil at a open, as shown in Fig. 4, leaving the shank suspended in the center of the coil when the lifter is not in use, and only coming'in contact with the coil at this point when it is heut down and finds support on the bottoml of the In the latter Ycase the heat conducted by the wire from the loop Bniust travel the entire length of the shank before reaching the handle. The air has' free circulation through the handle, and this also helps to keep the said handle cool.

It is found that the handle in this kind of lifter does not become heated by the end B remaining in contact with the heated stove-covers also, the handle cannot turn on the shank,

asis often the case when the shank and handle are made of different pieces of material.

Incase itis desired, both strands of the wire may be coiled back around the shankformdle consisting' of a coil of wire surrounding the shankV of the lifter and connected with said shank only at the end of the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. Thecombination, with the loop and shank, the latter consisting of two strands of wire', of 'a coil of wire formed integral with one of said strands and surrounding the shank, and terminating in a bend or hook adapted to engage the shank when a cover is lifted, substantially as set forth.

4. A stove-cover lifter consisting of a single piece vof wire bent to form a loop to engage the cover and two parallel strands to form a shank, one of said strands being looped around the end of the other strand to hold the two strands in contact, and then spirally coiled aroundthe shank to form a handle, and .terminating in a hook adapted to engage the shank, substantially as set forth. r

5. A stove-cover lifter consisting of an ad justable loop for engaging the stove-covers, a coil of wire' for a handle, and a shank com'- posed of two stran'dsof wire connecting the said loop to the said hand-le, and all made of 9( NATHAN L. Po'sT.

Witnesses:

C. H. DQRER, A. E. LYNCH. 

